Avionics Integration Engineer

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Define and mature electrical and electronic aspects of the architecture for our aircraft autonomy system, including power distribution, communications, computer, electro-mechanical, control systems, and user interfaces…
• Integrate and verify Commercial/Modified-Off-the-Shelf (COTS/MOTS) electronic subsystems for aircraft and test lab installation.
• Provide guidance to lab and aircraft installation technicians.
• Prepare and release electrical design and fabrication drawings, test plans and reports, and associated aircraft installation and certification documents.
• This position may require up to 50% travel, sometimes with short notice, to both domestic and international locations to support aircraft and system integration.

Job requirements

• BS in Electronics, Electrical, Aerospace, or Mechanical Engineering.
• 5+ years of relevant systems level electrical systems and integration design experience for the aviation and aerospace industries.
• Experience integrating and debugging systems containing COTS/MOTS modules, custom circuits, software, sensors, and human / machine / graphical user interfaces.
• Working knowledge of integrating various components using standard interface protocols such as ARINC 429, RS-232, RS-422, and RS-485.
• Familiarity with lab test equipment, including oscilloscopes, multimeters, current probes, data acquisition, and bus analyzers.
• Experience with creating and interpreting system schematics, wiring diagrams, and subsystem block diagrams.
• Experience with wire harness design and connector component selection and sourcing.
• Outstanding organization, analytical, and problem-solving skills.